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Circular  Relating  to 

Enrollments  in  and  Transfers  to 
the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve 

United  States  Naval  Reserve  Force 


WASHINGTON 

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1916 


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Circular  Relating  to 

Enrollments  in  and  Transfers  to 
the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve 

United  States  Naval  Reserve  Force 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 

1916 


Navy  Department, 
Bureau  of  Navigation, 
Washington,  D.  C,  October  ^,  1916. 

CIRCULAR  RELATING  TO  THE  ENROLLMENT  IN  OR  TRANSFER  TO 
THE  FLEET  NAVAL  RESERVE,  UNITED  STATES  NAVAL  RESERVE 
FORCE. 

(For  the  information  and  guidance  of  commanding  officers  of 
ships,  commanding  officers  of  recruiting  districts,  and  appli- 
cants. ) 

THE  FLEET  NAVAL  RESERVE,  CLASS  1. 

1.  Eligibility. 

Only  ex-service  officers  and  men  who  are  citizens  of 
the  United  States  are  eligible. 

Class  1  (a).  Former  officers  of  the  United  States 
Naval  Service,  including  midshipmen  (graduates  of 
the  Naval  Academy)  who  have  left  the  service  under 
honorable  conditions. 

Class  1  (b).  Men  who  have  been,  or  may  be,  entitled 
to  be  honorably  discharged  from  the  Naval  Service 
after  one  four-year  term  of  enlistment  or  after  a  term 
of  enlistment  during  minority.  The  last  discharge  from 
the  Naval  Service  must  have  been  honorable. 

Class  1  (c).  This  subclass  has  a  different  status  from 
that  of  any  other  class  or  subclass  of  men  in  the  Naval 
Reserve  Force,  except  subclass  1  (d),  since  men  do  not 
enroll  and  are  not  discharged,  but  are  transferred  from 
the  regular  Navy  in  this  subclass.  Their  status  more 
nearly  corresponds  to  those  on  the  retired  list. 

65564"— 16  (3) 


Any  enlisted  man  with  16  years'  naval  service  may, 
on  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  upon 
voluntary  application  on  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  enlistment,  if  entitled  to  an  honorable  discharge,  be 
transferred  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  in  the  rating  in 
which  then  serving. 

Class  1  (d).  Any  enlisted  man  with  20  or  more  years' 
naval  service  may  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy,  in  his  discretion,  to  be  transferred  and  con- 
tinued in  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  as  in  the  previous 
case  (Class  1-c)  except  that  the  transfer  may  be  made 
at  any  time  during  the  man's  current  enlistment. 


a.  A  complete  enlistment  in  the  Navy  during  minor- 
ity and  any  enlistment  terminated  within  three  months 
prior  to  expiration  of  the  term  of  enlistment  by  special 
order  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  shall  be  considered 
as  four  years'  service  for  purposes  of  enrollment,  re- 
tirement, and  pay  of  members  of  the  Naval  Reserve 
Force. 

5.  Members  of* Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d)  do  not 
enroll.  They  must  not  be  discharged  from  the  Navy. 
They  are  transferred  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  from 
the  active  list  and  their  service  is  continuous.  Other 
classes  enroll  for  four  years,  and  to  have  continuous 
service  they  must  reenroll  within  four  months  of  ex- 
piration of  their  term  of  enrollment. 

2.  Pay  or  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve. 

Class  1.  (a)  The  annual  retainer  pay  of  officers  of 
the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be  two  months'  base  pay 
of  the  corresponding  rank  in  the  Navy. 


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Class  1.  (b)  The  annual  retainer  pay  of  men  shall  be 
as  follows: 

Per  annum. 

Men  with  less  than  8  years'  naval  service $50 

Men  with  8  or  more  years  and  less  than  12  years'  naval 

service ._     72 

Men  with  12  years  or  more  naval  service 100 

Class  1.  (c)  Shall  receive  one-third  the  base  pay 
they  were  receiving  at  the  close  of  their  last  naval  serv- 
ice, plus  all  permanent  additions  thereto.  This  pay 
shall  be  increased  10  per  cent  for  all  men  who  may  be 
credited  with  extraordinary  heroism  in  the  line  of 
duty. 

Class  1.  (d)  Shall  receive  one-half  the  base  pay  they 
were  receiving  at  the  close  of  their  last  naval  service, 
plus  all  permanent  additions  thereto.  This  pay  shall 
be  increased  10  per  cent  for  all  men  who  may  be  cred- 
ited with  extraordinary  heroism  in  the  line  of  duty  or 
whose  average  marks  in  conduct  for  20  years  or  more 
shall  not  be  less  than  95  per  cent  of  the  maximum. 

NOTES. 

a.  Officers  and  men  enrolling  in  the  Fleet  Naval  Re- 
serve within  four  months  of  the  date  of  the  termination 
of  their  last  naval  service  or  reenrolling  within  four 
months  of  the  date  of  their  last  term  of  enrollment 
shall  receive  an  increase  of  25  per  cent  of  their  base 
retainer  pay  for  each  such  enrollment. 

h.  Men  who  have  enrolled  in  the  Fleet  Naval  Re- 
serve within  four  months  of  the  date  of  their  dis- 
charge from  the  naval  service  and  who  reenlist  in  the 
regular  naval  service  within  four  months  of  the  date 
of  discharge  from  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  same  gratuity  and  additional  pay  as 


though  they  had  reenlisted  in  the  regular  service  within 
four  months  from  discharge.  Men  enrolling  in  the 
Fleet  Naval  Reserve  and  later  reenlisting  in  the  regu- 
lar Navy,  as  explained  above,  do  not  lose  the  advan- 
tage of  continuous  service. 

c.  Reenrollment  increases  the  pay  of  class  1  (a) 
and  class  1  (b).  Class  1  (c)  and  class  1  (d)  are  trans- 
ferred to  the  Naval  Reserve  Force,  and  the  pay  of  these 
two  classes  is  not  increased  by  service  in  the  Naval 
Reserve  Force. 

d.  When  actively  employed,  the  pay  of  men  in  the 
Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be  the  same  as  the  pay  of 
men  of  the  regular  Navy  on  active  duty  of  correspond- 
ing rank  or  rating  and  of  the  same  length  of  service. 

e.  Retainer  pay  is  in  addition  to  active  pay. 

/.  Upon  first  reporting  for  active  service  for  train- 
ing, officers  receive  a  uniform  gratuity  of  $50;  men, 
$30.  Upon  reporting  for  active  service  in  time  of  war 
or  national  emergency  the  uniform  gratuity  will  be 
$150  for  officers  and  $60  for  men,  less  any  previous 
uniform  gratuity  credited  during  the  then  current  en- 
rollment. (This  uniform  gratuity  is  given  for  each 
enrollment.)  Should  a  member  sever  his  connection 
with  the  service  without  compulsion  on  the  part  of  the 
Government  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enroll- 
ment, the  amount  so  credited  shall  be  deducted  from 
any  mone}^  that  may  be,  or  may  become,  due  him. 
Members  of  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d)  do  not  receive 
uniform  gratuity. 

g.  Officers  and  men  of  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  will 
have  their  retainer  pay  accounts  carried/  by  the  dis- 
bursing officer.  Bureau  Supplies  and  Accounts,  and  will 
be  paid  quarterly  by  check. 


h.  Pay  penalties  are  given  under  paragraph  3. 
i.  For  retired  pay,  refer  to  paragraph  4    (1)    and 
4  (m). 

3.  Duties  and  Kequirements  of  the  Fleet  Naval 
Reserve. 

(a)  Three  months'  active  duty  each  enrollment.  This 
does  not  apply  to  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d). 

The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  authorized  to  assign 
officers  and  men  to  active  duty  on  application.  This 
also  applies  to  men  of  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d). 
This  duty  may  be  taken  in  one  or  more  periods,  as 
the  members  may  elect.  To  be  entitled  to  travel  allow- 
ances, the  active  service  for  each  training  period  must 
be  not  less  than  one  month  unless  otherwise  specifically 
authorized. 

Penalty  for  noncompliance. — If  a  member  fail  to  per- 
form three  months'  active  duty  during  an  enrollment, 
he  shall  on  reenrollment  receive  retainer  pay  at  the  rate 
of  $12  per  year  until  such  time  as  he  shall  have  com- 
pleted three  months'  active  service.  This  does  not 
apply  to  transferred  men,  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d). 

(b)  The  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be  governed  by 
the  laws  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 
Navy  only  when  on  active  duty,  except  in  case  of  trans- 
ferred men.  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d).  Men  trans- 
ferred to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be  governed 
at  all  times  by  the  laws  and  regulations  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Navy  and  shall  not  be'discharged  from  the 
Naval  Reserve  Force  without  their  consent,  except  by 
sentence  of  court-ri(iartial  or  competent  authority. 

(c)  Report  for  inspection  under  such  conditions  as 
may  be  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 


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Penalty  for  noncompliance. — Pay  due  may  be  for- 
feited by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

(d)  Make  such  reports  concerning  movements  and 
occupations  as  may  be  required. 

Penalty  for  noncompliance. — Retainer  pay  shall  be 
stopped. 

(e)  Keep  on  hand  such  part  of  the  uniform  clothing 
outfit  as  prescribed  below.  Transferred  men  are  not 
entitled  to  the  $30  unifprm  gratuity.  When  first  called 
into  active  service  the  commanding  officer  of  the  vessel 
to  which  attached  will  issue  an  outfit  as  given  in  the 
following  table,  which  must  be  kept  on  hand  thereafter 
while  a  member  of  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  and  be  pre- 
sented for  inspection  when  required.  In  addition,  the 
commanding  officer  shall  issue  such  other  articles  and 
bedding  .as  he  may  deem  necessary.  Total  amount  of 
clothing  and  bedding  to  be  issued  shall  amount,  as 
nearly  as  practicable,  to  $30  in  value,  which  amount 
shall  not  be  exceeded. 


Articles. 

Chief  petty 

officers, 

olncers' 

stewards, 

and  cooks. 

Bandsmen. 

All  other 

enlisted 

men. 

1 
1 

1 

1 

White  coat 

0  vershirt 

1 

1 

Bine  trousers      .   .                            ... 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

1 

White  trousers 

1 

White  shirts 

Blue  cap 

1 

a 

1 

White  hat      

1 

Leggings,  pair 

1 

1 

Neckerchief 

1 

Cravat 

' 

............. 

1 

Jersey 

1 

Overcoat. 

1 

1 

______ 

1 
1 

1 

Watch  cap 

1 

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(f)  An  officer  or  man  of  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve 
shall  not  be  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  in  any  branch  of 
the  military  service  of  the  United  States  or  any  State 
thereof,  but  may  accept  employment  in  any  other 
branch  of  the  public  service. 

(g)  The  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall  be  subject  to  call 
to  active  duty  in  time  of  war  or  when  a  national  emer- 
gency exists.  This  law  applies  also  to  men  retired 
from  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d). 

4.  Enrollments,  Pay  Accounts,  Disciplinary  Ac- 
tion, Retirements,  Orders  to  Active  Service,  Dis- 
charges, Records,  of  the  Fleet  Naval  RESER^^E. 

enrollments  and  transfers. 

(a)  Any  enlisted  man  upon  expiration  of  enlist- 
ment, entitled  to  honorable  discharge  and  recommended 
for  reenlistment,  may  be  enrolled  in  Class  1  (b).  Fleet 
Naval  Reserve,  with  the  same  rating  at  which  dis- 
charged. He  may,  if  eligible,  be  transferred  to  the 
Fleet  Naval  Reserve,  Class  1  (c)  or  Class  1  (d). 

(b)  A  commanding  officer  on  enrolling  a  man  in  or 
transferring  one  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  shall — 

(1)  Direct  the  enrolled  or  transferred  man  to 
report  by  letter  to  the  commanding  officer  of  re- 
cruiting district  of  which  a  resident. 

(2)  Explain  that  the  commanding  officer  of  re- 
cruiting district  is  the  man's  commanding  officer. 

(3)  Explain  that  requests  for  active  duty,  or 
requests  of  any  nature,  are  to  be  made  to  the  man's 
commanding  officer,  either  by  letter  or  in  person. 

(4)  Explain  that  any  change  in  address  shall  be 
promptly  reported  to  the  commanding  officer  and 


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the  disbursing  officer,  Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Ac- 
counts. 

(5)  Forward  to  the  commanding  officer  of  re- 
cruiting district,  to  whom  the  man  has  been  di- 
rected to  report,  the  enrollment  or  transfer  record 
and  health  record. 

(6)  Forward  to  the  Bureau  of  Navigation  the 
shipping  articles  or  approved  transfer  request. 

(c)  Any  recruiting  officer  may  reenroll  a  man  with 
satisfactory  enrollment  record,  or  enroll  any  ex-service 
man  honorably  discharged  and  entitled  to  reenlistment 
in  the  Naval  Service,  and  who  may  be  found  physically 
and  otherwise  qualified.  When  an  applicant  for  first 
enrollment  is  over  41  years  of  age  he  shall  not  be  en- 
rolled without  special  permission  from  the  Bureau  of 
Navigation. 

(d)  Anyone  eligible  to  enrollment  in  Class  1  (a)  as 
an  officer  may  make  application  for  enrollment  to  the 
Bureau  of  Navigation,  stating  briefly  his  naval  service. 
The  procedure  is  as  follows: 

(1)  Applicant  applies  to  Bureau  of  Navigation 
for  enrollment. 

(2)  If  the  application  is  approved,  the  bureau 
authorizes  the  applicant  to  report  for  medical  ex- 
amination. 

(3)  If  physically  qualified,  appointment  is  is- 
sued to  grade  or  rank  last  held  in  the  Navy.  Ap- 
pointment is  for  four  years. 

(4)  Bureau  of  Navigation  forwards  appoint- 
ment with  letter  of  transmittal  and  blank  form 
"Acceptance  of  office  and  oath  of  allegiance." 

(5)  Form  is  returned  to  the  Bureau  of  Naviga- 
tion properly  accomplished.     Pay  and  allowances 


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and  eligibility  for  service  begin  from  date  of  ac- 
ceptance. 

(6)  Orders  issued  to  report  by  letter  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  recruiting  district. 

(7)  Officers  are  detailed  for  active  service  upon 
their  own  request,  orders  for  such  being  issued 
either  by  the  Bureau  of  Navigation  or  the  com- 
manding officer  of  recruiting  district. 

COMMISSIONING  OR  WARRANTING  OF  ENROLLED  MEN. 

(e)  Members  of  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve  who  have 
established  their  qualifications  by  examination  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Nav,y  may  be  given 
warrants  or  commissions  in  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve 
in  the  grades  of  boatswain,  gunner,  carpenter,  machin- 
ist, pharmacist,  pay  clerk,  ensign  for  deck  or  engineering 
duties,  or  in  the  lowest  grades  of  the  staff  corps.  Those 
so  warranted  or  commissioned  shall  not  be  deprived  of 
the  retainer  pay,  allowances,  or  gratuities  to  which  they 
would  otherwise  be  entitled.  The  Bureau  of  Naviga- 
tion will  issue  instructions  regarding  such  warrants 
and  commissions.  No  warrants  or  commissions  will  be 
made  prior  to  January  1,  1918. 

PAY  ACCOUNTS. 

(f )  Account  cards  are  made  out  in  triplicate  by  the 
commanding  officers  of  recruiting  districts  as  follows: 

(1)  Upon  enrolling  or  reenrolling  a  man  in  the 
Fleet  Naval  Reserve. 

(2)  Upon  receipt  of  records  of  men  first  enrolled 
or  transferred  from  ships  or  other  stations. 

(3)  Upon  the  appointment  of  an  officer  in  the 
Fleet  Naval  Reserve. 


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(g)  Account  cards  are  sent  to  the  disbursing  officer, 
Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Accounts,  Navy  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C.  Account  cards  may  be  obtained 
from  the  supply  officer,  navy  yard,  Washington^  D.  C, 
after  November  1,  1916,  and  will  be  issued  without 
request  as  soon  as  printed. 

(h)  Account  cards  will  be  made  out  in  accordance 
with  instructions  on  the  back  thereof. 

(i)  Any  change  in  rank  or  rating  or  any  change  that 
would  in  any  way  stop  or  affect  pay  shall  be  reported 
at  once  to  the  disbursing  officer. 

(j)  New  Account  cards  are  not  required  w"hen  en- 
rolled men  change  their  residence  from  one  recruiting 
district  to  another. 

DISCIPLINARY    ACTION. 

(k)  Members  of  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve,  when  on 
active  duty,  are  subject  to  the  same  discipline  as  men 
in  the  active  feervice.  .  Men  in  Class  1  (c)  and  Class 
1  (d),  transferred  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve,  are  al- 
ways subject  to  the  same  discipline  as  men  in  the  active 
service. 

RETIREMENTS. 

(1)  Enrolled  members  who  have  completed  20  years 
of  service  in  the  Naval  Reserve  Force  and  who  shall 
have  performed  the  minimum  amount  of  active  service 
required  in  their  class  for  maintaining  efficiency  during 
each  term  of  enrollment  shall,  upon  their  own  applica- 
tion, be  retired  with  the  rank  or  rating  held  by  them 
at  the  time,  and  shall  receive  in  lieu  of  any  pay  a  cash 
gratuit}^  equal  to  the  total  amount  of  their  retainer 
pay  during  the  last  term  of  their  enrollment.  This 
applies  to  Class  1  (a)  and  Class  1  (b). 


(m)  Men  transferred  to  the  Fleet  Naval  Reserve 
may,  upon  their  own  request,  upon  completing  30  years' 
service  including  naval  and  Fleet  Naval  Reserve,  be 
transferred  to  or  placed  on  the  retired  list  of  the  Navy 
with  the  pay  they  were  then  receiving  plus  the  allow- 
ances to  which  enlisted  men  of  the  same  rating  are 
entitled  on  retirement  after  30  years'  naval  service. 
This  applies  to  Class  1  (c)  and  Class  1  (d). 

ACTIVE-SERVICE   ASSIGNMENTS. 

(n)  To  order  a  man  to  active  service  upon  his  own 
request  the  following  procedure  shall  be  followed: 

(1)  The  commanding  officer  of  the  recruiting 
district  issues  orders,  transportation,  and  subsist- 
ence and  forwards  enrollment  and  health  records 
with  copy  of  orders  to  the  commanding  officer  of 
ship  or  station  to  which  the  man  is  ordered. 

(2)  The  commanding  officer  enters  on  his  en- 
rollment record  the  date  of  reporting,  the  date  of 
detachment,  and  proficiency  marks.  The  record 
is  handled  exactly  as  is  that  of  a  regular  enlisted 
man. 

(3)  The  commanding  officer  shall,  on  completion 
of  the  active-service  training  period  as  indicated 
by  the  orders,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  de- 
tach the  man  and  procure  for  him  transportation 
and  subsistence  to  his  home  (or  other  place,  pro- 
vided this  can  be  done  at  no  greater  expense)  and 
forward  the  enrollment  and  health  records  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  recruiting  district. 

(4)  The  pay  officer  of  ship  or  station  will  pay 
the  man  is  in  the  case  of  a  regularly  enlisted  man. 
(Active  service  counts  from  date  of  reporting  to 
date  of  detachment.) 


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(o)  An  officer  will  receive  orders  from  the  Bureau 
of  Navigation  or  the  commanding  officer  of  recruiting 
district.  He  may  obtain  his  mileage  in  the  usual  man- 
ner from  any  Navy  pay  office.  Active-duty  pay  will 
be  paid  by  the  pay  officer  of  the  ship  or  station  from 
the  day  of  reporting  to  the  day  of  detachment  as  in- 
dorsed upon  the  officer's  orders. 

DISCHARGES. 

(p)  A  man  desiring  discharge  from  the  Fleet  Naval 
Reserve  to  reenlist  in  the  Navy  or  for  other  reasons 
will  apply  to  the  commanding  officer  of  recruiting  dis- 
trict. Immediately  upon  discharge  or  reenlistment  in 
the  Navy  the  commanding  officer  of  recruiting  district 
will  make  x^roper  entries  in  the  enrollment  record  and 
return  to  the  Bureau  of  Navigation,  sending  health 
record  to  the  Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Surgery.  In 
addition,  he  will  report  immediately  by  letter  to  the 
disbursing  officer  the  date  of  discharge  from  the  Fleet 
Naval  Reserve. 

RECORDS. 

(q)  The  enrollment  record  shall  be  kept  in  the  same 
manner  as  an  enlistment  record.  The  health  record 
used  shall  be  the  same  as  the  service  health  record,  but 
will  have  written  on  the  face  "  Fleet  Naval  Reserve," 
and  it  shall  be  kept  in  the  same  manner  as  the  service 
record. 

(r)  During  the  period  of  active  training  an  entry 
shall  be  made  in  the  health  record  to  indicate  the  physi- 
cal condition  of  the  member.  Upon  completion  of  the 
active  training  fitness  reports  shall  be  made  out  for 
officers,  enrollment  records  of  men  marked,  and  all 
records  returned  to  the  regular  commanding  officer. 

L.  C.  Palmer. 

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